Ayan Utsmaniyah (tunggal: ayn) adalah bangsawan lokal atau anggota dinasti yang memegang kontrol administratif atas paruh wilayah Kekaisaran Utsmaniyah dari abad ke-16 sampai awal abad ke-19.[1] Para anggota dinasti tersebut memegang otonomi signifikan dari pemerintahan pusat Utsmaniyah.[2]
↑M. Sukru Hanioglu, A Brief History of the Late Ottoman Empire (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008).
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